Landmark · Skeletal system

Body of metatarsal bone

Corpus ossis metatarsi

System: Skeletal system
Regions: Lower limb, Foot
Side: Left and right
Landmark on: Third metatarsal bone

Third metatarsal bone, the structure this landmark is on. 3D model: Z-Anatomy - The libre 3D atlas of anatomy - CC-BY-SA 4.0

DescriptionUnreviewed

The body is prismoid in form, tapers gradually from the tarsal to the phalangeal extremity, and is curved longitudinally, so as to be concave below, slightly convex above.

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Names

Latin: Corpus ossis metatarsi
English: Body of metatarsal bone
French: Corps du métatarsien
Spanish: Cuerpo del hueso metatarsiano
Portuguese: Corpo do osso metatarso